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Mid May cold snap

Ginx snewx

By Ginx snewx,
in New England

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tamarack

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Solid frost this morning, low about 30, 10th 32-or-below this month, trailing only 2002 with 11; I think we'll at least tie.  May is running +1.8 thru 17th thanks to all the 60s-70s maxima.  Most of the above normal temps recently have been fueled by mild minima; not this month.

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Hazey

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Pretty chilly north of the border. Rankin Inlet, NU had a three day blizzard mid week that dropped 37" of snow. That smashed a bunch of all time records. Very rare not only for the date but the amount of snow as they are cut off from moisture sources.

 

A little closer to home, Gander, NL is expecting 10-14" of snow tonight and tomorrow. Could be a record event. My local area has a frost warning for tonight and about an hours drive away, snow is forecast. Lovely for late May :axe:

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Sugarloaf1989

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Pretty chilly north of the border. Rankin Inlet, NU had a three day blizzard mid week that dropped 37" of snow. That smashed a bunch of all time records. Very rare not only for the date but the amount of snow as they are cut off from moisture sources.

 

A little closer to home, Gander, NL is expecting 10-14" of snow tonight and tomorrow. Could be a record event. My local area has a frost warning for tonight and about an hours drive away, snow is forecast. Lovely for late May :axe:

 

 

It looks like Marble Mountain, NS had some high elevation snowfall last night:

 

http://www.skimarble.com/page/web-cam

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dendrite

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It's 26.4F in Fairbanks at 2:30pm, with a bit of sunshine no doubt, good grief.

The sun angle is still relatively low though despite having more hours of daylight than us. I think they're at about 65N and for this date the sun is approaching 20N. That's about a 45deg difference. At our latitude that would be similar to the sun angle here right before the Spring equinox...so about Mar 10-15. Obviously they have more daylight at a weaker intensity reaching the sfc so it isn't exactly apples to apples. Records are records though...impressive cold up there.
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N. OF PIKE

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What is the recent fascination with the weather in Fairbanks? It's frequently cold there.

i think its the fact they are having record late snowfall and record cold temps on top of having coldest april on record and thus longest winter on record. I.e latest ice out on some river there, meh its somewhat interesting to a few folks, sure it is alaska not sne but still cool to see imo.
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Sugarloaf1989

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Yeah some odd posts lately. It's Alaska , it's cold and snowy there

 

 

Oh please, If you lived up there I would expect 10,000 posts per day about the record cold and snow.

 

The fact remains that all time cold and snowfall records are being broken all over the state, and that's one huge state.

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Sugarloaf1989

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
1025 AM AKDT SAT MAY 18 2013

UPDATED TO REFLECT TODAY'S SNOWFALL

AKZ101-190300-

...ANCHORAGE SETS A HOST OF NEW RECORDS...

THE OFFICIAL CLIMATE STATION FOR ANCHORAGE (AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE ON SAND LAKE ROAD) RECEIVED 0.3 INCHES OF SNOW ON
FRIDAY MAY 17. THIS SETS A DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD BARELY EDGING OUT
THE OLD RECORD OF 0.2 INCHES SET IN 1989.

A NEW DAILY RECORD FOR LIQUID PRECIPITATION WAS ALSO SET ON FRIDAY.
RAIN PLUS MELTED SNOW ADDED UP TO 1.30 INCHES WHICH BREAKS THE OLD
DAILY RECORD OF 0.21 INCHES SET IN 1959.

AS OF 10 AM THIS MORNING ANOTHER 0.1 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THIS SETS
A NEW DAILY RECORD FOR MAY 18 BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF A TRACE
OF SNOW FROM 1966. 

THE SNOWFALL FROM THE PAST TWO DAYS MAKES 2012-2013 THE LONGEST
SNOW SEASON SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1917. THERE WERE 232 DAYS
BETWEEN THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL (SEPTEMBER 29) AND THE
LAST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL (MAY 18). THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF
230 DAYS SET IN 1981-1982.  

 

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N. OF PIKE

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Snow? :snowing:

perhaps lol, i mean if theres moisture with a low in the maritimes maybe powder freak can go to the 3800' picnic tables for some upslope or better yet ewall could he will at least check 2100' @ bolton, maybe some upslope @ killington , anyone take a look at wether its prog'd to be a somewhat moist flow
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Sugarloaf1989

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The lower 48 looks to get in on some late season low elevation snow and record cold:

 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
819 PM PDT SAT MAY 18 2013

A SIGNIFICANT PATTERN CHANGE BEGINS TO TAKE PLACE ON TUES THAT WILL
LAST THROUGH THE WEEK. AN UNSEASONABLY DEEP AND COLD UPPER LOW WILL
SINK SOUTHEAST INTO WA/OR SPREADING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION. RAIN
APPEARS LIKELY A GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY TUESDAY...WITH SNOW LEVELS
LOWERING TO THE CASCADE PASSES TUE NIGHT. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE
WE MAY NEED TO CONSIDER SNOW ADVISORIES FOR THE CASCADES AS EARLY AS
TUE NIGHT. TW


.LONG TERM...TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. CLOSED LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL LINGER OVER THE PAC NW THROUGH THE WEEK. WITH THE COLD
NATURE OF THE LOW...RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE ON
WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOW DOWN TO PASS LEVEL LIKELY IN THE CASCADES.
THURSDAY AND BEYOND MODELS BEGIN TO DISAGREE ON WHERE THE LOW WILL
PROPAGATE...HOWEVER THE OVERALL TREND WILL REMAIN...WITH SHOWERY AND
COOL CONDITIONS PERSISTING THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. BURGESS

 

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eekuasepinniW

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Area forecast discussion 

National Weather Service tiyan GU 

602 am chst sun may 19 2013 

Synopsis... 

the subtropical ridge remains parked just north of Saipan at 17 or 

18n...unusually far south for may. Radar shows some showers well 

south and east of Guam...but these will not br affecting the 

marianas. 

Discussion... 

with the surface subtropical ridge so far south...precipitable 

water will only be 1.1 to 1.3 inches the next couple of days. 

This will suppress showers across the marianas...with only a 

slight chance through Monday. On Tuesday...the models show the 

ridge moving far enough north to allow deeper easterly flow and 

more moisture to return during the day along with isolated 

showers. 

Eastern micronesia... 

sporadic clusters of convection associated with trade-wind 

convergence continue to develop across eastern micronesia. 

However...an overall downward trend in intensity and coverage is 

observed in satellite imagery and is expected to continue at least 

through the morning hours. Models show redevelopment of convection 

over Kosrae later today. Most of the activity should be confined 

south of 7n through tonight so scattered showers at Majuro and 

Pohnpei are not expected. A slight northward movement of the inter-tropical convergence zone 

will bring wet unsettled conditions back over Majuro Monday night 

and Tuesday while the bulk of the showers is anticipated to stay 

south of Pohnpei through the long term. 

Western micronesia... 

Chuuk remains on the eastern end of a band of showers associated 

with the inter-tropical convergence zone. This activity is expected to move west during the day 

and shift southward in the long term allowing somewhat drier 

conditions to resume at Chuuk through midweek. Light east-southeast flow will 

continue at Koror and Yap for the first half of the week. Models 

suggest periods of showers at Yap and Koror especially late Monday 

into Tuesday but timing of scattered shower events remains difficult 

due to weak flow in the region and lack of significant weather 

features...so kept isolated for now.
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Ginx snewx

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Area forecast discussion 
National Weather Service tiyan GU 
602 am chst sun may 19 2013 

Synopsis... 
the subtropical ridge remains parked just north of Saipan at 17 or 
18n...unusually far south for may. Radar shows some showers well 
south and east of Guam...but these will not br affecting the 
marianas. 

Discussion... 
with the surface subtropical ridge so far south...precipitable 
water will only be 1.1 to 1.3 inches the next couple of days. 
This will suppress showers across the marianas...with only a 
slight chance through Monday. On Tuesday...the models show the 
ridge moving far enough north to allow deeper easterly flow and 
more moisture to return during the day along with isolated 
showers. 

Eastern micronesia... 
sporadic clusters of convection associated with trade-wind 
convergence continue to develop across eastern micronesia. 
However...an overall downward trend in intensity and coverage is 
observed in satellite imagery and is expected to continue at least 
through the morning hours. Models show redevelopment of convection 
over Kosrae later today. Most of the activity should be confined 
south of 7n through tonight so scattered showers at Majuro and 
Pohnpei are not expected. A slight northward movement of the inter-tropical convergence zone 
will bring wet unsettled conditions back over Majuro Monday night 
and Tuesday while the bulk of the showers is anticipated to stay 
south of Pohnpei through the long term. 

Western micronesia... 
Chuuk remains on the eastern end of a band of showers associated 
with the inter-tropical convergence zone. This activity is expected to move west during the day 
and shift southward in the long term allowing somewhat drier 
conditions to resume at Chuuk through midweek. Light east-southeast flow will 
continue at Koror and Yap for the first half of the week. Models 
suggest periods of showers at Yap and Koror especially late Monday 
into Tuesday but timing of scattered shower events remains difficult 
due to weak flow in the region and lack of significant weather 
features...so kept isolated for now.
oddest post of the year?
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Sugarloaf1989

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lol I think he was trying to poke fun at all the Alaska posts...

 

 

I'll stop with them then. I was just trying to make a point that it's cold up there and we keep getting these cold shots into May, so maybe there is a connection? The whole intermountain west will be unseasonably cold this week with lots of low elevation snow, so it's not just Alaska that's cold.

 

52F here with light rain, 17F below normal.

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Ginx snewx

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lol I think he was trying to poke fun at all the Alaska posts...

fail, re the Alaska posts a state of the United States, but it's not about GW does not fit the agenda of some. If it were 85 degrees it would be all over the media and the GW mets and hobbyists would mention it frequently.
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